Year 4 - Managing Health, Choices and Personal Safety
Primary PSHE | Year 4 | 12 Hours of Lessons

Overview
This Year 4 PSHE unit equips children with the health knowledge, decision-making skills, and personal safety understanding they need as they approach upper KS2. Covering everything from healthy eating and oral hygiene to puberty, body autonomy, and everyday risk, this unit prepares pupils for the physical and emotional changes ahead while reinforcing their right to feel safe in their own bodies. Developed with NHS professionals and safeguarding specialists, it is practical, evidence-informed, and fully statutory-aligned.

What’s Covered
• Learning strengths — understanding how we learn best and playing to our strengths
• Decision making — frameworks for making good choices under pressure
• Healthy diet — understanding nutrition and making informed food choices
• Oral hygiene (parts 1 and 2) — the importance of dental health and how to maintain it
• Sleep and healthy routines — the role of rest in physical and mental health
• The right to say no — assertiveness, consent, and body autonomy
• Hygiene during puberty — age-appropriate preparation for body changes ahead
• Safety in everyday situations — recognising and managing risks in daily life
• Optional student work booklet for reflection and assessment

What’s Included
• 12 Hours of PowerPoint lesson Content
• Teacher guidance notes and safeguarding signposting
• Puberty content handled sensitively with teacher support materials
• Literacy key term links
• Over 45 minutes of activities per lesson
• Medium Term Planning document
• Parent Information letters
• Statutory RSHE documentation

Curriculum Mapping
• DfE Statutory Health Education (July 2025) including puberty requirements
• PSHE Association core themes
• KCSIE safeguarding guidance
• Ofsted Personal Development framework
• NHS health education guidelines

Ideal For
Year 4 teachers looking for a confident, well-resourced unit that navigates sensitive health topics — including early puberty education — with care, accuracy, and full statutory compliance.

Suggested Tags
Year 4 PSHE Health, Puberty Year 4, Personal Safety KS2, Decision Making Primary, Healthy Eating Year 4, Body Autonomy KS2, Statutory PSHE 2026, Cre8tive Resources, Oral Hygiene KS2, Sleep Health Primary